About the Practice
When a child’s distress feels too complex for ordinary counselling, families need a route that can hold the bigger picture. Tavistock and Portman Child and Family Service supports North London families with play-based and counselling-style emotional wellbeing support for children who need more than another conversation at the kitchen table. The focus is safer expression, stronger connection and practical understanding for the adults around the child.

Clinical Expertise
Child psychotherapy, family therapy, parent work and specialist mental health pathways

Complex emotional distress, trauma, family relationship stress, school difficulties, anxiety and developmental concerns

Ask about neurodevelopmental, autism/ADHD and SEND-related access routes for the relevant pathway

Why Work With Us?
Specialist Child and Family Mental Health Route: Parents can see the therapist role, membership route and safeguarding position before trusting someone with their child’s inner world.

Child Psychotherapy and Family Work: Play, creative work and counselling-style support help children communicate through action, story, art, movement and relationship when direct questions only make them close down.

Parent and School Connection: The pathway can help families make sense of layered emotional, developmental and school pressures without reducing the child to one behaviour.